FDA Examines Possible Adult Deaths From Covid Shots in Probe (2)

December 9, 2025, 10:16 PM UTC

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether Covid-19 vaccines caused deaths in adults, as part of a safety review that earlier appeared to just be focused on children.

The investigation, being conducted across different divisions of the FDA, comes at a time when US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is upending longstanding guidance for a wide range of vaccines.

The “FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to Covid vaccines,” a spokesperson said in a statement to Bloomberg Tuesday.

Numerous studies have shown that Covid vaccines are safe ...

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